CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends June 2nd

Ends Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with many classic minerals and Bolivian specimens).
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Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Aragonite (rare matrix piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Bournonite (new find)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy twins)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst (reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.6 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Goethite (good quality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
C. G. Coil claim on Goethite Hill, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
5.0 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Pyrite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Eagle mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado
5.5 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Prehnite (good crystallization) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.0 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Chabazite (great color)
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
2.7 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Quartz (cast after Glauberite) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
8.8 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Royal Scepter Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
6.1 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
6.5 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
Herderite (rare green color)
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
2.0 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Spessartine on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite
La Viesca, La Collada, Asturias, Spain
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Sapphire
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
2.1 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
5.2 x 4.2 x 0.8 cm
Topaz (gem quality)
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Ruby (Pre-embargo!)
Burma
1.02 ct, 6.88 mm x 5.14 mm
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